Weigher.



C. BUCHHOLZ.

WEIGHER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I], 1912.

1, 1 37,836. Patented May 4, 1915.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BUGHHOLZ, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

WEIGI-IER.

Application filed February 17, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES BUGHHOLZ, citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Weighers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in automatic means for weighingliquids and.

has for its object to provide means whereby the flow of liquid may becut off as soon as the desired amount has been delivered.

WVith the above and further objects in view which will be more fullyexplained later in the specification, I have invented the deviceillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is an elevational view of my improved weigher, Fig. 2 is asimilar view after a predetermined amount of liquid has been weighed andthe flow automatically cut off, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewthrough a faucet used in connection with my device, and Fig. 4: is a topplan view of a valve operating member.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout thespecification and in the several views of the drawings in which 1indicates a support on which the member 2 is slidable by means of thecollar 3, which collar may be secured at any desired height on thesupport by means of the thumb nut 4. Mounted on the bracket 2 is a setof balance scales 5 of any desired make, having a stand 6 thereonadapted to receive a can 7 or other receptacle into which it is desiredto draw the liquid to be measured. On the stand 6 is an arm 8 having acollar 9 on the end thereof, through which the rod 10 passes. The thumbnut 11 is adapted to secure said rod in any desired vertical position insaid collar.

12 is a faucet having a valve member 13 therein mounted on a valve stem14. The valve member 13 is adapted when in a lowered position, as shownin Fig. 3, to close the valve 15 of the faucet 2. This faucet is mountedon the end of a pipe 16 conveying the liquid, and on this pipe islocated a collar 17 which carries a pivotally mounted rod 18 to whichone end of an arm 19 is fixedly secured, the end 24L of which is looselyconnected to the stem 14 by means of a slot 25, whereby said stem may beraised or lowered by the movement of the rod 19. Also fixedly mounted onthe rod 18 is a weighted arm 20 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1915.

Serial No. 678,311.

adapted to be operated by a lever 21 pivotally mounted on the faucet.This lever is pivotally connected to the right angular portion 22 of therod 10.

In Fig. 1 the faucet valve is shown open and liquid 23 is shown flowingtherefrom 1nto the can 7. When the proper amount of liquid has passedinto the can 7 the scale will overbalance and bear upon the rod 10thereby lowering the lever 21, which will cause the weighted arm 20 tofall into the position shown in Fig. 2, thereby permitting the arm 19 tolower the valve stem 14 and seat the valve member 13 over the valve 15,thus cutting off the flow of liquid.

Having now described my invention, that which I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of a balance, a faucet, a lever for controlling thevalve of said faucet, a weight arm in the path of said lever andinterposed connections between the balance and lever whereby the weightof the liquid will actuate said lever to withdraw it from said weightarm to permit the valve to close owing to its weight and the pressure ofthe liquid and cut off the flow of liquid.

2. The combination of a balance, a faucet, a lever controlling the valveof said faucet, said lever being controlled by the weight of the liquid,a weighted arm having its free end arranged in the path of said lever,and a valve controlled by the movement of the weighted arm.

3. The combination of a balance, a faucet, a lever controlling the valveof said faucet, said lever being controlled by the weight of the liquid,a weighted arm having its free end arranged in the path of said lever,and

a rod for controlling the valve of said faucet controlled by themovement of said weighted arm.

4:. The combination of a balance, a faucet, a lever, a rod connectedtherewith and controlled by the movement of the balance, a pivotallymounted rod, an arm having one end fixedly secured thereto and the otherend connected with the valve stem of the faucet, and an arm mounted onsaid pivotally mounted rod and extending into the path of said lever.

5. The combination of a balance, a faucet, a lever, a rod connectedtherewith and controlled by the movement of the balance, a pivotallymounted rod, an arm having one end fixedly secured thereto and the otherend connected with the valve stem of the faucet, and an arm mounted onsaid pivotally mounted rod and extending into the path of said lever,the arm connected with the stem of the valve having an elongated slot inwhich said arm is loosely received.

6. The combination of a balance with a faucet, said faucet having avertical valve stem therein, and means whereby said valve stem may beoperated through the medium of said balance, said stem operating meansconsisting of a pivoted arm, a weighted arm connected to said pivotedarm, and a lever adapted to operate said weighted arm- 7. Thecombination of a balance with a.

faucet, said faucet having a vertical valve stem therein, and meanswhereby said valve stem may be operated through the medium of saidbalance, said stem operating means consisting of a pivoted arm, aweighted arm connected to said pivoted arm, a lever adapted to operatesaid weighted arm, and means whereby said balance is adapted to actuatesaid lever.

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES BUCHI-IOLZ. Witnesses J. WM. FROMM, GEORGE BUCI-IHOLZ.

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